The 78th National Board of Review Awards, awarded to the best in film for 2006, were presented by the National Board of Review on 9 January 2007.
Top 10 Films
In alphabetical order:
- Babel
- Blood Diamond
- The Departed
- The Devil Wears Prada
- Flags of Our Fathers
- The History Boys
- Letters from Iwo Jima
- Little Miss Sunshine
- Notes on a Scandal
- The Painted Veil
Winners
Best Film:
- Letters from Iwo Jima
Best Director:
- Martin Scorsese – The Departed
Best Actor:
- Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland
Best Actress:
- Helen Mirren – The Queen
Best Supporting Actor:
- Djimon Hounsou – Blood Diamond
Best Supporting Actress:
- Catherine O'Hara – For Your Consideration
Best Screenplay – Original:
- Zach Helm – Stranger Than Fiction
Best Screenplay – Adapted:
- Ron Nyswaner – The Painted Veil
Best Animated Feature:
- Cars
Best Foreign Language Film:
- Volver, Spain
Best Documentary Feature:
- An Inconvenient Truth
Best Acting by an Ensemble:
- The Departed
Breakthrough Male Performances:
- Ryan Gosling – Half Nelson
Breakthrough Female Performances (tie):
- Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls
- Rinko Kikuchi – Babel
Best Directorial Debut:
- Jason Reitman - Thank You For Smoking
Career Achievement Award:
- Eli Wallach
Career Award for Producing:
- Irwin Winkler
William K. Everson Award for Film History:
- Donald Krim
Freedom of Expression Award:
- Water
- World Trade Center
Top Foreign Films
- Curse of the Golden Flower
- Days of Glory
- Pan's Labyrinth
- Volver
- Water
Top Documentaries
- An Inconvenient Truth
- 51 Birch Street
- Iraq in Fragments
- Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing
- Wordplay
Top Independent Films
- 10 Items or Less
- Akeelah and the Bee
- Bobby
- Catch a Fire
- Copying Beethoven
- A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
- Half Nelson
- The Illusionist
- Lonesome Jim
- Sherrybaby
- Thank You for Smoking
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